Arbitrator (chair, sole arbitrator,
panel member, emergency arbitrator) and counsel in numerous
international and domestic arbitration cases involving a wide variety
of industries, types of claims, and arbitration rules and
institutions. Member of the panels of arbitrators maintained by many
institutions including CIDRA, AAA/ICDR, BCICAC, BVI IAC, CPR, HKIAC,
KCAB, KIAC, KLRCA, PIAC and SIAC. Recent cases have included matters
administered by AAA, CPR, ICC, ICDR, KCAB and LCIA, as well as
non-administered cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Fellow,
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Member, ICC Commission on
Arbitration; Member, ICC Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator
Proceedings; Chair, Midwest Arbitration Committee of the U.S. Council
for International Business (ICC USA); Member, Advisory Board of the
Institute for Transnational Arbitration; Member, International
Council for Commercial Arbitration. Former Vice-Chair, IBA
Arbitration Committee; former Councilor, LCIA North American Users’
Council. Teaches international arbitration as an Adjunct Professor of
Law at Northwestern University School of Law (2010-present).

General Experience:

Over 29 years of experience focusing on
the resolution of complex business disputes. International and
domestic arbitration and commercial litigation involving complex
contract, commercial, tort, intellectual property, antitrust,
securities, bankruptcy, tax, employment, and insurance disputes
across many industry sectors including aerospace, defense, government
contracts, telecommunications, hospitality, construction,
manufacturing, technology, and energy, among others. Numerous matters
with damages claims exceeding $100 million. Representative
engagements have involved claims arising from the sale of vehicles to
a foreign government entity, a dispute between an owner and manager
of a luxury hotel, the sale of a facility designed to manufacture
liquefied natural gas containment systems, insurance coverage for
workers’ compensation losses at a shipyard, a major antitrust
action in the telecommunications industry, research & development
tax credits, a natural gas pipeline dispute, securities fraud claims
against a leading computer manufacturer, the recovery of
misappropriated funds in connection with a large movie theatre
construction program, allegedly defective cellular telecommunications
technology, distribution agreement disputes, claims for the theft of
trade secrets, supply chain disputes, claims relating to alleged RICO
violations, and breach of employee confidentiality and non-compete
agreements, claims relating to executive compensation and employment agreements,
and claims relating to patent and other intellectual property rights.
Significant experience in the aerospace and defense industry,
including, for example, matters pertaining to stealth attack
aircraft, Stinger and other missiles, commercial space launch
vehicles, nuclear submarines, small caliber ammunition, and the sale
of an airline.

Prior Work:

Senior partner and co-chair of the
international arbitration practice of Jenner & Block, 1988-2017;
Law Clerk to the Honorable Cecil F. Poole, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit, 1986-1987.

Miscellaneous:

Named the
“Chicago International Arbitration – Commercial Lawyer of the
Year” by Best Lawyers in
America for 2014 and selected
as one of the top 30 commercial arbitration attorneys in the U.S. by
Legal Media Group Guides in the 2013, 2015 and 2017 biennial editions
of Best of the Best United States.
Honored as an “ADR Champion” by the National
Law Journal in 2016. Repeatedly
recognized for his work in the arbitration field by Chambers
USA, Chambers Global, TheInternational Who’s Who of Business
Lawyers and Best
Lawyers in America. Awarded the 2003
President’s Prize by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for
achieving the highest mark on its award writing examination.

Lectures:

Frequent speaker, moderator, chair or
co-chair at conferences and events in the U.S. and around the world
sponsored by many organizations including, among others, the ICC,
AAA/ICDR, LCIA, PLI, CIDRA, IBA, ABA, CPR, USCIB, CILS, IPBA and CBA.

Publications:

Editor of Dispute Resolution
International, Co-Editor of the IBA Arbitration Guide
(2012-2017). Author of numerous articles on domestic and
international arbitration and cross-border litigation.